Necrology

Necrology (1970)

March 11th, 19700h 12min

Documentary
57%

Overview

The faces of a 5:00 PM crowd descending via the Pan Am building escalators in one continuous shot. In old-fashioned black and white, these faces stare into the empty space, in the 5:00 PM tiredness and mechanical impersonality, like faces from the grave.


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